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VOLUME LXII, NUMBER 23

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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

U.S. Senate hopeful Alan Khazei discusses education, reform during campus visit by

Brionna Jimerson

Daily Editorial Board

U.S. Senate hopeful Alan Khazei cited job creation and retention and education reform as the primary goals of his campaign during a discussion last night hosted by Tufts Democrats.

Khazei, a Democrat, is running against incumbent Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) to represent the state, boasting a strong history of social reform through entrepreneurship.

Khazei is the co-founder of City Year, a non-profit that promotes education through intervention and tutoring initiatives. The program became the prototype for former President Bill Clinton’s 1993 nationwide AmeriCorps program, which encapsulates Teach for America and other service programs.

Khazei also serves as CEO of Be the Change, Inc. a Boston-based nonprofit organization that encourages grassroots organizing and coalitions with non-profits, policy makers and citizens.

With over 20 years of experience in social entrepreneurship and “empowering young people,” Khazei plans to translate his connections, learning and experiences into tangible change in Washington.

“I am running for office because we need new politics that say we will put forward thoughtful, 21st century solutions,” Khazei said. “Washington is broken because it’s dominated by special interest groups, and we are living off the 20th century model, and we need a 21st

century model for education [and the] economy.”

After graduating from Harvard Law School, Khazei created City Year with friends from both Harvard and Wellesley College.

“We started with just 50 young people here in Boston, now it has grown to 21 cities, and given 17,000 their first jobs,” Khazei said.

Khazei decided to forego the traditional lecture format in favor of a more organic session, and took questions from students regarding his candidacy and their political concerns. Students responded in kind, offering their reasons for participating in Tufts Democrats, along with anecdotes about their direct and indirect experiences with unemployment in the United States.

Khazei said his political platform is centered on large-scale service and citizen involvement in the democratic process.

“There’s something stirring in our country,” he said. “I’m trying to run a campaign on how to build a sense of common ground to get something done.”

The conversation shifted toward Occupy Boston and student efforts in the cause. “I went down [to the protests] last Monday,” Khazei said. “What I have learned is you must go to the people and listen. People said they had been called by organizers of the Tea Party, and told, ‘Don’t let your movement be taken over by a political party.’” see KHAZEI, page 2

Courtesy Alexander Kolodner

Members of the Occupy Boston movement camping on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy were arrested in the early hours of the morning yesterday.

Students, Occupy Boston protesters clash with Boston Police Department by

ond campsite.

Occupy Boston held a General Assembly meeting in Dewey Square at 7 p.m., where protesters discussed whether to remain in the second location, according to Wolfe.

Protesters decided to defend the second camp using a human perimeter in which protesters linked arms around the camp, Wolfe said.

Occupy Boston then issued a statement calling for as many protesters as possible to join them that night, and also noted the end of positive relations between protesters and the police.

“From the beginning, occupiers have worked tirelessly to maintain a positive working relationship with city officials,” the statement read. “Today’s threats by the Boston Police Department represent a sudden shift away from that dialogue.”

At the time, protesters were confused about whether BPD planned to clear both camps, Wolfe noted.

“At first, the police told us that they were going to shut down both camps if we didn’t evacuate … the first one,” she said. “We weren’t really sure what we needed to protect.”

BPD began arresting protesters at the Greenway at 1:20 a.m., Wolfe said.

BPD arrested 141 total at that time, accord-

Corinne Segal

Daily Editorial Board

Members of the Occupy Boston movement, including at least one Tufts student, were arrested early Tuesday morning during a nonviolent movement protest, according to Tufts student witnesses.

The incident, which marks the first mass arrest of the Occupy Boston movement, occurred after protesters refused to leave an adjoining encampment at the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy.

During Monday’s afternoon march in Boston, a group of Occupy Boston protesters made an independent decision to set up camp in the Greenway, according to Tufts junior Anne Wolfe, a member of the movement.

The Greenway camp was an extension of Occupy Boston’s original camp in Dewey Square, Wolfe said.

The Boston Police Department (BPD) at approximately 6 p.m. informed Occupy Boston members that police officers would forcibly remove any protesters who did not move from the Greenway by dark, according to an Occupy Boston press release.

BPD in a public statement cited safety concerns and risk of property damage to the newly renovated Greenway as reasons for banning protesters from occupying the sec-

see OCCUPY, page 2

Scott Tingley/Tufts Daily

U.S. Senate candidate Alan Khazei last night discussed his record of social reform through entrepreneurship with a crowd of Tufts students.

Tufts institutes new policy on file-sharing by

Lizz Grainger

Contributing Writer

The Office of the Dean of Student Affairs and University Information Technology (UIT) this summer collaborated to adjust the policy on handling illegal file-sharing violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The shift aimed to align the file-sharing policy with other university policies and to educate students on the consequences of illegal file-sharing.

Downloading or uploading unauthorized copyrighted files, including music, movies and documents, is illegal and violates the university’s file-sharing policy, according to Dean of Student Affairs Bruce Reitman.

The new policy states that a first offense requires a suspension of Internet access until an online quiz is taken, and the second offense leads to placement on Disciplinary Probation One, commonly known as “proone,” and losing Tufts Internet privileges for six months.

“It has a forgiveness policy, in essence, for the first offense,” Reitman said. “For a second offense you are on probation, lose your account privileges for six months, and if you still haven’t figured it out by a third offense, you could be separated from Tufts.”

This new policy reflects the structure of other university policies like the one dealing with alcohol and drug violations, according to Reitman.

“We created one system that parallels the other types of potentially repeat behaviors, most principally the alcohol and drug policy which basically has a three-step procedure,” Reitman said.

The university’s previous policy only involved two steps, with the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs receiving notification only after a student’s second offense, according to UIT Call Center Team Lead Judi Vellucci.

“Before, the student would do an online see FILE-SHARING, page 2

Inside this issue

Procedure to fill open Africana community rep seat finalized Tufts Elections Commission (ECOM) and the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Judiciary last week finalized the procedure to fill the only open community representative seat, which is reserved for the Africana community.

The procedural ruling, drafted by ECOM, was approved by the Judiciary on Sept. 28, according to Judiciary Chair Greg Bodwin, a junior. ECOM finalized the wording of the procedure last week, according to ECOM Chair Mike Borys, a junior.

The new procedure will allow interested individuals to submit applications for the Africana community rep seat on a rolling basis throughout the academic year. ECOM plans to make a public announcement as soon as the first application is received, after which any challengers will have five academic days to submit an application.

The procedure states that if no opposition steps forward, the leadership of the Africana Center may allow the single applicant to walk on, or they can reject the

single applicant, which will leave the seat vacant and restart the process.

If two applications are received, both applicants will become candidates in a competitive election, pending the submission of a 50-signature petition by both applicants.

If three or more applications are submitted, the Africana Center staff and student leadership may review the applications and must approve a minimum of two applicants. Those two candidates will run against one another in an all-school competitive election.

“We felt that continually running special elections would not be the most time- or money-effective … use of TCU’s resources,” ECOM Public Relations Chair Joel Kruger, a sophomore, said. “Putting [the election] on a rolling basis … promotes the seat as well as promoting competition for that seat.”

—by Amelie Hecht

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At least one Tufts student arrested during Occupy Boston protest OCCUPY

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The university this summer changed its file-sharing policy to include a three-step procedure for dealing with students who engage in illegal file-sharing.

New policy to issue warning to firsttime file-sharing policy offenders FILE-SHARING

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course and be put back [online] and no notification would be sent to the dean,” she said. “A second offense would be a formal complaint to the Dean of Students and they were [put] on Probation One.” According to Vellucci, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and individual copyright owners send a list of IP addresses that have illegally shared property over Tufts Internet to UIT. She added that the addresses are tracked to students by UIT and are compiled into a list for the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs every day.

“We had more than 400 [offenders] last year,” Vellucci said. “That’s big. It’s a lot of work for the IT department.”

By imposing slightly harsher punishments and increasing education for firsttime offenders, the new policy will ideally cut down the number of repeat violations.

While pre-litigation settlements involving students in the past have primarily consisted of illegal music downloading and uploading, Reitman explained that more recent settlements have addressed illegal movie file-sharing.

“It’s been a while since the university received pre-litigation settlements for music, but we have been getting them for movies, shorts and pornography,” Reitman said.

“The copyright owners can see the file-sharing that goes on.”

Illegal file-sharing can have serious legal consequences. The RIAA or original copy-

right owners have previously served numerous Tufts IP address holders per year with pre-litigation settlement letters, according to Reitman.

“Copyright owners provided a set of materials that offered [violators] an opportunity for them to go to a website, give a credit card number, and pay a fine which was as much as $5,000 typically,” Reitman said. “If the date expired, the copyright owner would go to court and get a subpoena for the university that would be forced to turn over the name of that IP address holder so that the RIAA could pursue court action against the students.”

The new policy will not protect students from the legal ramifications, but by educating students, it will hopefully reduce the total number of violators, he explained.

Approximately 30 students have already received warnings this year, according to the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs.

The new policy aims to reduce the number of offenders and educate students on the consequences of illegal file-sharing.

“Students see it as ‘Oh, I’m just giving away music,’” Vellucci said.

Vellucci also noted the policy will help students recognize the impact their illegal activity has on the university generally.

“It impacts the university in that we’re not holding up a law, we’re not reinforcing the law,” Vellucci said. “[The new policy] is a way to make students think twice and maybe do the right thing.”

ing to a statement on their website. Protesters that were arrested include students from Tufts, Boston University, Northeastern University and University of Massachusetts, according to Wolfe.

Junior Rachel Greenspan, a member of the protest, confirmed that at least one Tufts student was arrested.

Others arrested included legal observers and medics, who the police blocked from treating protesters, Wolfe said.

BPC also confiscated some of Occupy Boston’s donated medical supplies, Greenspan said. The police confiscated eyewash solution for pepper-spray injuries and poured it on the ground, she noted.

Police refused to accept bail for protesters until Tuesday morning, according to Greenspan. Only some of the protesters were released by Tuesday night, she said.

Occupy Boston currently estimates that it will need $4,000 for protesters’ bail, according to a statement on their website. Occupy Boston has been collecting money to use for bail, criminal defense lawyer Andy Cowan — a member of the movement — noted.

BPD said on Monday in a statement that it distributed to Occupy Boston protesters that it expects them to cooperate with officers, and that “BPD will arrest those knowingly in violation of the law if necessary.”

The document stated that if a person who “unlawfully assembles and does not disperse after being ordered” may be imprisoned for up to one year or fined between $100 and $500.

The statement also defined trespassing as “Remaining upon land of another after having been forbidden to do so by a person who has lawful control over the premises.”

Occupy Boston had planned for possible arrests in advance of Monday’s march, according to Cowan. Both camps had legal observers, who volunteer to oversee police action

and aid people who are arrested, he noted.

The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) has pledged support for the Occupy Boston movement, Cowan added. Before the Monday march, protesters handed out markers so people could write the NLG phone number on their arm in case of arrest.

“A big part of the guild’s mission is to … defend people who are arrested in political protests,” Cowan said.

Greenspan said she was upset by the police action on Tuesday.

“It was pretty upsetting feeling that you live in a country where you don’t have the freedom to assemble peaceably,” Greenspan said.

These police actions will most likely strengthen the movement, Greenspan and Wolfe said.

“People are here to support the movement and they’re not going to let Occupy Boston be shut down,” Wolfe said.

In response to BPD’s arrests, senior Kate Perino wrote a private Facebook message — which she later published publicly on Facebook — to University President Anthony Monaco yesterday morning urging him to discuss Occupy Boston in a meeting she said he had with Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick later in that day.

Perino expressed displeasure that police arrested protesters for trespassing on public grounds. She cited Article XCVII of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which states that the conservation of natural resources is a “public purpose.”

Perino asked Monaco to bring up the topic with Patrick.

“In a perfect democracy my voice could be heard as loud as yours, but I have no doubt the governor will your words greater credence due to your status as President of an outstanding university,” she said in the letter. “Please, please, help us make the City take this very seriously. Help us see some justice served.”

Police Briefs Drugs then runs

Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) responded to a call on Oct. 5 at 1:35 p.m. A student in Cousens Gym was having trouble breathing, which the student explained may have been caused by his recent use of cocaine.

TUPD, Tufts Emergency Medical Services, Medford Fire Department and Armstrong Ambulance Service responded to the scene.

The student was transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for further observation. A report was sent to the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs, but TUPD Sgt. Robert McCarthy is unsure if there will be any ramifications related to the student’s use of cocaine.

No carbon monoxide, but two pong tables

TUPD on Oct. 6 at 11:36 p.m. responded to a call from 45 Sawyer Ave., the current home of Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity, regarding a sounding carbon monoxide alarm.

When the officers arrived on the scene, there was a large group of students standing on the porch outside. After talking to the students, the officers went into the house to investigate. They did not discover any carbon monoxide emissions, but they did discover two beer pong tables in the common room, which are against campus policy. Officers broke up the party and sent a report the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs.

Towing the line

On Oct. 7 at 2:44 a.m. TUPD officers spotted a vehicle with expired registration parked on Talbot Avenue. The officers contacted the student who owned the vehicle and asked him to register the car before driving it again. The officers saw the vehicle parked in the Carmichael Hall parking lot on Saturday night, still without registration.

The officers then had the vehicle towed, and told the student he could retrieve the car once he had officially registered it.

Occupy Hillsides Hillside Wine & Spirits and Medford Police Department called TUPD on Oct. 7 at 10:00 p.m. to report people on the roof of the liquor store. When the officers arrived on the scene, they discovered two female Tufts students sitting on top of the roof reading a book.

“They stated they didn’t realize they were on the roof,” said McCarthy. The students had apparently wandered onto the rooftop while exploring the Tufts Interfaith Center located on Winthrop Street behind the liquor store. The students were asked to leave and obliged.

Early or Late? It’s all relative TUPD on Oct. 8 at 11:40 p.m. broke up a party on Sunset Road. McCarthy estimated there were 150 people at the party.

“For me, that’s late,” McCarthy said.

“For the students, that’s early. That’s all I can say.”

—by Marie Schow

Courtesy Alexander Kolodner

Police and members of the Occupy Boston movement clashed when protesters refused to leave their second camp location on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy at 1:20 a.m. yesterday.

Khazei urges youth to change system KHAZEI

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Khazei cited a 2003 federal motion led by then-Rep. Tom Delay (R-Texas) to cut funding for AmeriCorps as the reason for his move from social entrepreneurship into the realm of politics.

“In 2003, Delay and a group of his friends saw an opportunity to kill the program, with an 80 percent budget cut overnight,” he said.

Inspired to “raise a ruckus,” Khazei organized a coalition of leading AmeriCorps— affiliated teams including Habitat for Humanity and Teach for America, to campaign both local and federal government members to “raise their voices.”

“It was a 100-hour citizen meeting of AmeriCorps workers,” he said. “After a week of that, we had 50 members of Congress on our side, and we got a lot of media attention. As a result, we not only saved the program, we got $100 million increase to grow the program by 50 percent.”

Khazei urged students to participate in the political process and support his campaign.

“I need people like you to get involved, go door to door,” he said. “And if you get involved in this campaign, I’ll do the best to keep you empowered.”

After the discussion, Khazei entertained

questions and comments from students, many of which revolved around criticism of Teach for America for under-training its teachers, consequently sacrificing the academic development of students.

“I’ve seen the program work,” Khazei said, citing examples of successful charter schools such as the Harlem Success Academy and Roxbury Preparatory in Massachusetts.

Khazei stressed the importance of citizen involvement in politics in an interview with the Daily after the event.

“We are at a turning point in our politics right now,” he said. “Our political leadership is behaving like they’re in high school, not putting the country first. The only answer is for citizens to rise up and put pressure on the system.”

Tufts Democrats President Catey Boyle, a junior, was instrumental in bringing Khazei to Tufts. She cited a desire to expose Tufts students to political leaders and offer students an opportunity to create real-life connections with them.

“Khazei embodies the Tufts discussion of active citizenship. It is important to have him come here, along with other senate candidates, as an inspirational person,” Boyle said. “His work is a proactive example of citizenship outside of the classroom, the ‘active citizenship’ we often talk about.”

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Students get fit as a fiddle TSR Fitness instructors bring their passion for the group workout to their peers

by Stephanie

Haven

As Flo Rida’s “Club Can’t Handle Me” echoes through the Hill Hall Aerobics Room, five ponytails flop back and forth as girls organize their exercise balls, mats and weights on the dance floor.

“If you want to stand up and jog in place, we’ll do that for 45 seconds,” sophomore Sarah Tralins instructs her class. “Knees up!”

Tralins, one of Tufts Student Resources ( TSR) Fitness’ eight student instructors, began teaching exercise classes this year, serving as a cheerleader and coach for a weekly class of her fellow students.

She joined this semester because, like many of her co-workers, she wanted to bring to campus the group workout experiences she’s had off campus.

“When I have a room full of women and we’re all dancing around, it seems less like a formal workout and more like you’re just dancing with your friends,” Elizabeth Keys, a sophomore TSR instructor, said. “At that point you’re not thinking about burning calories or anything.”

TSR offers 10 different studentinstructed fitness classes ranging from the relaxing, like Yoga 101, to the intense. On the roster this fall is an ominous-sounding class called Bootcamp.

Classes, which each last an hour, cost $5 to drop in, $19.99 for a fiveclass pass or $110 for an unlimited semester pass. Money from the classes helps to purchase new fitness equipment and pay instructors.

It’s a rate that has students scrambling to sign up.

“It’s really affordable,” sophomore Jonathan Bird, who is signed up for the Wednesday night Butts n Guts class, said. “I really like that they have the passes because I feel that once I put Contributing Writer

down the money it motivates me to go.”

“I think it’s such a great program,” Marysa Sheren, a senior who has taken TSR Fitness classes for two years, said.

“It’s such a great resource for students to go invest in their health and maintain their sanity.”

In Hill last week, after he had had a few weeks of experience with teaching TSR classes, sophomore Jonathan Sokolski led a class of girls in a series of strength-training exercises, including maneuvers with weights and situps.

“Guys tell me girls can’t do push ups,” Sokolski said to his Bootcamp class. “But here are nine girls here proving them wrong.”

Long before he came to Tufts, Sokolski said he enjoyed studying and teaching different forms of exercise.

During the summer he runs a training camp in his Burlington, Mass. backyard for middle and high school boys as well as a cardio and fitness workout course for the boys’ mothers called, appropriately, Cougar Bootcamp.

“I’ve never found [teaching my peers] to be awkward because I’ve really done it all my life,” Sokolski said. “Even before I started my business I worked out with my friends.

We’d push each other. I kind of took that relationship and brought it to my business and classes.”

Applying to teach a class is a relatively simple process — to become an instructor this year, Sokolski taught a sample class in which he guided TSR Fitness managers Aleta Pierce, a senior, and Sarah Heath Howe, a junior, through a condensed, 20-minute class of what he would want to do in an hour.

In addition to teaching a demonstration class, student instructors must be CPR and first-aid certified.

“At first you have to establish that you’re going to help people, and then

you just ease into the class,” Tralins said. “I just had to show that I know how to instruct and can keep people from injuring themselves.”

Because TSR Fitness classes have exclusive access to the Hill Hall Aerobics Room, instructors are also responsible for cleaning up before and after their hour of teaching to ensure the space stays neat and organized, Tralins said.

TSR is also working to publicize the availability of the instructors to teach classes outside of Hill Hall — Chi Omega, for instance, will host TSR instructors teaching different classes to the sorority’s members each week.

“A lot of people want to do group fitness classes but don’t really know where to go,” Tralins said. “We are available to teach them, it’s just about reaching out to different members of the community.”

The rigors of the weekly class schedule make the support of the other instructors crucial to keeping the program running smoothly, according to Tralins. “[ The instructors] are all in the stage of adjusting our schedules and making sure we’re on top of all the rules,” she said. “We’re really good about taking over each other’s classes if someone is sick or can’t make it for whatever reason and we’re working on getting closer with each other.”

They have been doing something right, as the classes continue to be as popular as ever. During the first week of classes, when TSR waived the attendance fee, some instructors had to turn students away because classes were filled to capacity.

“I think we’re really strong in the beginning of the semester and we’re just going to try to keep it up with flyers and talking to people,” Tralins said. “It’s a lot about just networking it to your friends so they tell another person.”

Kyra Sturgill/Tufts Daily

TSR Fitness classes in everything from strength training to yoga are proving as popular as ever this semester.

Alison Williams and Sarah Gottlieb | Generation SEX

To wait or not to wait?

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o you’re dating someone new. He asked you out with a poem he passed to you during your chemistry lab. Too cute. She’s the star of the volleyball team and you’ve been crushing on her for months. You asked her out after her big game with roses. How charming. A while later, things seem to be going well. Your best friend thinks he’s a total hottie, your buddy thinks she’s a catch. Maybe you’ve fooled around a little, starting to approach below the belt… but you haven’t gotten there yet.

When is the right time to let it happen?

One Jumbo guy told us, “If you’re not man enough to tell your friends that this one is worth waiting for, then that’s your loss. I’d give a girl a while to get comfortable with it.

Ideally? I’d say after about four real dates I’d like to get some, but things change.”

If sex is your “make it or break it” after hanging out with your partner or hookup twice, you might want to rethink your plan of action. Not all guys are ready to whip it out night one, and not all girls want to get that close right away. Chill out for a bit. If you’re interested in dating someone, you should take the time to get to know each other in addition to hooking up. We aren’t saying sex isn’t awesome, but there has to be something more to your relationship if you actually want it to continue. So how about you let that spark burn a little before hopping between the sheets?

Here’s our advice. Sex is great. It’s steamy and well sought after, but sometimes it shouldn’t be the date-one agenda. One lady Jumbo adds, “I’ve found that sex with people I’ve taken the time to get to know is usually way better. I feel much more comfortable, which makes me enjoy hooking up more. So taking those few extra dates of just kissing and chatting? Seems worth it to me.”

And what if you’ve found someone you’re hooking up with but not looking to date?

Obviously not everyone saves sex for relationships. If your partner wants to get it on night one, go for it. However, although some people are open to having casual sex right away, others might want to take it slow for a bit before getting physically serious. Just because someone doesn’t want to go all the way when you first get it on doesn’t mean that he or she isn’t open to hooking up with you.

If you’ve found someone who’s a fantastic hookup, try and gauge his or her interest and move forward at whatever pace seems comfortable. If you’re a little hesitant, don’t go straight for below-thebelt action. A little making out never hurt anyone, and it’ll make you more comfortable with your partner whether you have sex the first night or not. Whatever you do, make sure your partner consents to everything you’re doing. Chances are that if that one night goes really well for both of you, you’ll be hooking up with that person again in no time.

If you’re the kind of guy or girl who just isn’t willing to wait for sex, maybe you should try something new this time around. How about some homework from your favorite sex columnists? Try getting to know your partner’s answers to these questions before getting your naughty on: - What’s your name?

- Are you over 18?

- What are you studying?

- Do you have a significant other?

- Are you clean? (both hygiene and STIs) - What’s your favorite color?

- Dog or cat person?

- Have any kids?

- What’s your favorite position?

- Have you participated in Occupy Boston?

Happy Homecoming hookups, y’all!

Alison Williams and Sarah Gottlieb are sophomores who have not yet declared their majors. Williams can be reached at Alison.

Williams@tufts.edu and Gottlieb can be reached at Sarah.Gottlieb@tufts.edu.

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Campus Comment Tufts reacts to Occupy Boston Plenty of Jumbos are among the hundreds of frustrated protesters who have descended on Boston’s Financial District in the past weeks to express their discontent with the country’s economic and social status quo. As Boston police arrested scores of occupiers — including at least one Tufts student, according to reports — debate over the legitimacy of actions on all sides has flared. Here’s what Tufts had to say.

“I definitely agree … that one percent of the population has — I don’t know the exact percentage — but a crazy amount of wealth. So I guess I support what they’re doing.”

-Paul Govoni, sophomore

“I have mixed feelings about it. Student involvement is always great, and it’s nice to see that on campus, but … I think that a lot of the message has gotten lost in the hype. I think that if they are articulate and make their concerns a little clearer, they could definitely get a bigger support base.”

-Alvaro Genie, sophomore

“I think it’s really great that a lot of students are involved … it’s getting people to think a lot about different issues, not just class inequality but also racial issues on campus and in the world in general … Which is exciting, because I think that’s been difficult for Tufts, and this is a new opportunity to grow.”

-Sophia Wright, junior

“I think one of the problems with Occupy Boston is I’m not sure what the agenda is. I don’t know what they want for the outcome, I don’t know if they’re asking for asking for specific things to happen, or if it’s just really a motion to start a movement.”

-Sloane Glass, sophomore

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“Sometimes it just seems like people protest for the sake of protesting and, they’re just like, “Down with corporate greed!” That sounds good in theory but what does that actually mean? We all buy stuff from these big corporations — that’s how our whole system works … it would be interesting if they offered more practical solutions to fix it” -Sarah Neville, sophomore

“I don’t think what we’re doing now is going to directly create policy change, but you need to rally … I think that the policy change can come in the future once that rally comes to a boil.”

-Devin Ivy, senior

“It’s great that students are engaging more, making their voice heard and have causes that are important enough to them that they can take to the streets.”

-Marysa Sheren, senior

“I think it is very helpful as a society to see what young people are saying.

I think the markets and big fish like the government and big corporations cannot work without listening to the people, and I think it’s a good idea and a good thing for this country.”

-Nicolas Villar Diaz, first-year Fletcher student

“Here in the U.S. you have these institutions, the government is very strong, and the private sector is very powerful and is very related to the public sector … I don’t think it will change aggressively the policy or the way the private companies are behaving in terms of the financial system and the crisis.”

-Julio Toy, second-year Fletcher student

“I feel like, as part of the Tufts community, showing support and sending out students to show what they stand for is definitely a good thing.

But, I guess there is always a price to pay.”

-Xinnan Li, junior

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Students serve gourmet fare for fair price at Technique by

Calvin Hopkins

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After experiencing lunch at Technique in early June, I immediately made the next possible reservation for six … which was in

Technique 215 First Street Cambridge, MA 02142 617-218-8088 $ September. For all of you liberal arts students, that’s over a three-month wait. Eventually, September rolled around and my friends and I set off to Kendall Square for the meal.

Technique’s dinner menu had two options: three courses for $10 or four courses for $15.

As we got lost in the options of the menu, our waiter for the evening appeared to give us the breakdown on the specials: a cream of carrot soup, infused with ginger and drizzled with mint creme fraiche, and a flatbread pizza topped with anchovies, caramelized onions and a pesto reduction.

Before I knew it, my first appetizer was out: a grilled fruit and arugula salad with crispy prosciutto, shaved parmesan cheese and a champagne vinaigrette dressing. With yellow slices of peaches and pineapple, purple plums, lush green arugula and perfectly pink prosciutto, the vibrant meal was worthy of FoodPornDaily. The fruit was perfectly prepared; the peaches were sweet and fleshy with intricate grill markings. My first bite of the crispy prosciutto crumbled in the most satisfying way, and its flavor was complemented excellently by the parme-

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Technique offers unique dishes at student-friendly prices. san. The dish offered so many possible flavor combinations, and I kept experimenting until my plate was spotless.

For my second appetizer, I ordered a caprese salad served with fried mozzarella, heirloom tomatoes, roasted red peppers, basil, olive oil and a balsamic vinegar reduction. The fried mozzarella was fresh and not greasy at all. Its fried coating gave the cheese a satisfying crunch, which accented the salad’s crisp tomatoes and soft peppers. The balsamic reduction was the dish’s only weakness — the dressing wasn’t potent enough to counterbalance the fresh mozzarella. Even so, to dub the dish delicious would be an understatement.

I also had a chance to sample the cream of carrot soup, which wasn’t half bad either.

TV Review

‘American Horror Story’ an aesthetic fright-fest with deviating focuses

by Joseph Stile

Daily Editorial Board

The hardest question to answer about FX’s “American Horror Story” — or any of Ryan Murphy’s shows, really — is: “Is

American Horror Story Starring Dylan McDermott, Connie Britton, Jessica Lange, Denis O’Hare Airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. on FX it any good?” Though the show features little plot development and portrays ste-

reotypes rather than fully fleshed-out characters, there are a few scenes that feature some genuinely bold ambition. “American Horror” is unlike anything tried on the small screen before, although it still falls short of high-quality television.

Taking cues from the plotlines of hundreds of B horror flicks, the show focuses on a struggling married couple, their troubled daughter and the haunted house they move into. While the series does attempt to pay homage to classics like “The Shining” (1980), “American Horror” doesn’t even come close.

However, its wild ambition to mimic past works gives the show an almost schizophrenic feel. It’s even hard to tell what Murphy intends to feature as the main “horror” part see HORROR, page 6

The ginger in the dish — not the carrot — kept it interesting.

After a slight pause to refresh and digest my first two dishes, my entree arrived: filet mignon with tomato hollandaise, served with housemade fries, roasted zucchini and tomato salad. Although the steak was perfectly cooked, its presentation was less impressive than that of previous dishes.

Neither the tiny fries nor the zucchini added much.

The flavoring of the meat also left me somewhat wanting. I prefer my meats gamey with just a hint of spice; unfortunately, the pepper and hollandaise completely overpowered the steak itself. The dish was still see TECHNIQUE, page 6

José Mateo delivers with dark trio by

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José Mateo’s Ballet Theatre opened its season two weeks ago with the introspective “Broken

Broken Shadows Music by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Alfred Schnittke, Béla Bartok Choreography by José Mateo Sets and Costumes by José Mateo At The Sanctuary Theatre through Oct. 30 Shadows,” treating audiences to a medley of choreography that spans the emotional spectrum from the profound despair of disease to the rushed confusion of a love affair.

Beneath the rafters of the company’s home, the Sanctuary Theatre in the Gothic Old Cambridge Baptist Church in Harvard Square, Mateo’s dancers attack his demanding choreography and admirably handle his demands on their expressive capabilities.

A strong current of dark passion runs through the three Mateo ballets on the docket. While the dancing is punctuated with humorous and breezy punches, each implies the humanness of psychological torment.

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‘American Horror Story’ stars Jessica Lange and Frances Conroy.

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was suffering from a mild case of writer’s block this weekend when a truly bizarre film-related news story fell into my lap. Sarah Deming, a Michigan resident, is filing a class-action lawsuit against FilmDistrict Distribution LLC for deceptively marketing the indie-action film “Drive” (2011), a fast-paced blockbuster featuring Ryan Gosling and lots of car chases. Deming is also suing the movie theater where she saw “Drive.” The lawsuit specifically calls for “an end to misleading trailers” and claims the film’s advertisements violated the Michigan Consumer Protection Act. This story is particularly noteworthy to me because I wrote the review for “Drive” in the Daily, and I gave it a four-star rating. In the article, I specifically praised the film for the way it “defies viewers’ attention spans that have been conditioned to expect cheap thrills.” On Metacritic, “Drive” received positive reviews from 35 out of 40 critics. It seems that Deming is filing her lawsuit because she thought she would be seeing a bad film, and was disappointed when it turned out to be good. Just writing that last sentence made me question my sanity.

For those of you who have not seen the film in question, allow me to clarify a few things. Deming is correct in her assessment of “Drive.” It has two major car-chase sequences. There are also a handful of short violent scenes. However, this film is not the next installment in “The Fast and the Furious” franchise, nor was it ever intended to be.

“Drive” is a well-developed character study and a crime drama. Furthermore, it only had a production budget of $13 million, so there was a clear financial limit to the number of possible stunts. Compare that to the $125 million production budget for “Fast Five” (2011), which came out six months ago, and it is easy to see why these two movies are incredibly different. Any person with Internet access could have come to this conclusion after two minutes of research.

It is hard for me not to viciously bash Deming as a person. I do not know anything about her beyond the limited information given in news articles, and for this reason, I will avoid calling her stupid, idiotic, pea-brained or any other synonym that seems to apply. However, Sarah Deming did commit an act of unbridled stupidity.

She also found some opportunistic and unprincipled lawyer to participate in her farce. As far as frivolous lawsuits go, this one is pretty foolish.

In all likelihood, the lawsuit will be dismissed due to the legal precedent of “common sense,” which states that people who do really, really dumb things do not deserve the attention of the American judicial system.

Yet, this story still troubles me because Sarah Deming is the typical moviegoer in our country. Call her Jane Doe. Jane Doe wants to go to a movie theater for some uncomplicated entertainment. She wants formulaic plots and simple characters and a lot of car chases. In other words, Jane Doe wants to see bad movies. And there is nothing wrong with that.

Without bad movies, we wouldn’t be able to appreciate good movies. Plus, sometimes it’s nice just to go sit in an air-conditioned theater, eat some Raisinets, and watch “The Hangover Part II” (2011), even though it has the same exact plot structure as “The Hangover” (2009). But for a woman to sue after being exposed to an original and artistic film? That is absurd. What’s more absurd is that the average moviegoer probably agrees with Sarah Deming.

Maybe we should direct the cinematic lawsuits at the right culprits. I’ve contacted my family’s legal representation and have proposed suing Michael Bay, James Cameron and Joel Schumacher for ruining movies. Who’s with me?

Jordan Teicher is a senior majoring in English. He can be reached at Jordan.

Teicher@tufts.edu.

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Mateo’s ‘Broken Shadows’ features powerful performances with dark undertones MATEO

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The first work of the night, “Circles” (2010), features Sybil Geddes in a haunting study in the art of tension.

Accompanied by Alfred Schnittke’s chilling “Concerto for Piano and Strings,” Geddes finds herself surrounded by couples rushing and spinning, engulfing the space around her but ultimately leaving her alone. Her mournful, and sometimes panicked, movement is reminiscent of the paradoxically solitary experience of walking on a New York City sidewalk — she is at once swept up in the ebb and flow of the crowd and completely in her own world.

A seemingly calming moment partnering and holding hands with Shane Tice is short-lived. They circle each other defiantly at first, melt into familiarity and just as easily fall apart as a quiet kind of madness descends on Geddes and fills her enormous eyes.

Geddes is a force to be reckoned with: She has harnessed the ability to reconcile a powerful attack with a delicate intricacy.

Michelle Bonn was also a delight as an ambiguously important fixture in the frenetic rush of Geddes’ world. She appears in a red dress and a comfortably demure sorrow that both contrast with the gray-clad Geddes. By the time the lights dim with Geddes tracing circles in the dust on the floor, the audience isn’t left with a firm idea of what they have seen pass before them, but only a feeling that something has gone wrong and may not be fixed.

Mateo’s grasp on the dramatic is less effective in his “Sound Secrets,” a ballet from last year set to Bela Bartok’s “Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion.” Despite the springy score, the dancing often feels heavy and unfocused. Mark Kehlet Schou and Angie DeWolf were the focal points among a set of a few feuding and frivolous dancers, but the real refreshment is found among the piece’s other dancers as they insert themselves amid the drama between Schou and DeWolf. The company’s men especially shone — Tice again draws the eye to his sensitive yet assured presence, and Ivaylo Alexiev

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José Mateo Ballet Theatre’s ‘Broken Shadows’ is now running through Oct. 30 at The Sanctuary Theatre in Cambridge. proves engaging to watch. Something weighs on the piece though, and the dancers’ overexertion from running aimlessly around the stage and throwing themselves into sometimes clunky patterning carries over.

These two works are broken up by the more mature “Isle of the Dead” (1993), which Mateo describes as an explora-

tion of the devastation the AIDS virus on the human psyche. Twelve dancers appear in ghostly rows, and they slowly begin to move out of stiff formation to swerve and swirl around each other like cell samples in a test tube. It’s a sanitized lens on the disturbing images that characterize the disease — Mateo skillfully depicts the personal drama of

acute suffering and the fear of crossing the line between life and death.

The up-close view of Mateo’s work makes it all the more impactful — and it’s an impact worth feeling. Mateo, over 25 years at the helm of the company, has honed a star-studded team capable of handling the demands of his solid creativity.

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FX’s new series ‘American Horror Story’ lacks depth and cohesion.

With its predictability, ‘American Horror Story’ polarizes audiences, pushing the terror envelope HORROR

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of the story: How does one choose between the ghosts, the demon in the basement, the polymorphic maid, the house that seems to possess people, the leather-clad demon from the attic or any of the other insanely crazy things that happen in the first episode alone?

“American Horror” just throws everything at the viewer, proving the series will go anywhere with its plotlines. While this sounds almost refreshing, the constancy of “gotcha!” moments relegate them from surprising to mundane.

The real problem might be the medium itself — after all, viewers don’t expect the family to be in any real danger in the series’ very first episode. What would “American Horror” do for the rest of the season if the house was destroyed or the stars got killed off this early on? So when it looks like Ben (Dylan McDermott) is about to set fire to the entire house with this family sleeping inside, viewers are just waiting for something to stop him, and something does — after the commercial break, of course.

Despite its predictability, “American Horror” does have some legitimately intriguing moments that fall more in the genre of mystery than horror. Frances Conroy and Alex Breckenridge both play the maid, Moira, who appears as an old woman (Conroy) to everyone except Ben, who sees her as a young and sex-crazed minx (Breckenridge) for reasons as of yet unexplained. Equally fascinating is the moment when Constance (Jessica Lange) walks past Moira and fiercely says, “Don’t make me kill you again.”

These kinds of scenes get viewers’ minds racing about what could be going on. As with most of Murphy’s productions, like “Glee,” it is the show’s potential that keeps audiences hooked, even when the series clearly isn’t good at the moment.

While the cast has incredible past experience, the actors’ performances are uneven — so uneven that, at times, it feels like some of the actors are in different shows. McDermott, known for solid work on shows like “The Practice” (1997-2004), is often too over the top. His emotions go from zero to 10 in scenes, and he offers little nuance or subtlety.

On one hand, McDermott’s acting is balanced by Lange’s performance, which is campy and wild. On the other, McDermott’s mostly melodramatic choices don’t mesh well with Connie Britton’s performance as his wife.

Britton plays the part as a quiet, overwhelmed wife in a low-key, almost defeated way.

If the rest of the show matched Britton’s performance, it could be an emotionally devastating and fascinating look at a crumbling marriage through the use of horror symbols.

Unfortunately, “American Horror” goes in too many different directions at once to explore any thread fully.

Since “American Horror” already seems to have thrown every crazy and intense horror scene imaginable into its pilot episode, it will be interesting to see if the series can keep up without running out of plotlines. Ultimately, “American Horror Story” is likely to polarize audiences and elicit strong love-hate reactions. If “Glee” or “Nip/Tuck” (2003-2010) are any indication of how Murphy plans to execute this show, “American Horror” will be watchable but frustrating in its fruitless efforts to reach its full potential.

tasty, but not my favorite of the night.

The same goes for the veal shank and risotto, served with English peas, mushrooms and gremolata; again, the meal was good, but not perfect. The veal was beautifully cooked, fell off the bone and melted in my mouth, but the sauce was a little too bland to complement the meat.

We then progressed into what most chefs consider the hardest part of the meal: the dessert course. This complete chocoholic ordered the classic chocolate mousse with Viennese sponge cake, raspberries and raspberry sauce. The decadent dessert paired the texture of a souffle with the richness of a mousse, and the raspberry sauce was strong enough to hold its own against the richness of the chocolate.

Needless to say, I was completely full by the end of the meal.

I can’t recommend Technique enough.

For $15, diners can eat like kings; the low bill buys you a gourmet, four-course meal served by an enthusiastic wait staff.

Perfection isn’t guaranteed, but because Technique is entirely staffed by students completing their capstone project at Le Cordon Blue School, that’s to be expected.

Technique’s atmosphere is wonderful: your meal won’t be marred by noise from other tables, and the splendor of the professional kitchen is completely open to observation. This venue offers a private dining experience and excellent service for customers on a budget.

The only downside to Technique is the trickiness of getting a reservation, so if you want to go, choose a day in the far future and reserve now. I’ve already made my next reservation for December.

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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

There is the case of police abruptly cracking down on a protest to silence it, as happens in many parts of the world less free than the United States. Then there is the case of a group intentionally provoking law enforcement officers into making arrests in order to make a newsworthy scene. What happened during the early hours of Tuesday morning was the latter.

The arrest of over 100 Occupy Boston protesters two nights ago emerged as worldwide news, which was exactly the organizers’ goal.

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino made his point succinctly in the Boston Globe yesterday, saying, “I agree with them on the issues. Foreclosure. Corporate greed.

These are issues I’ve been working on my entire career. But you can’t tie up a city.”

We at the Daily agree: The causes the protesters were advocating for were

entirely valid, and most importantly, they have a First Amendment right to assemble. However, they do not have the right to “tie up” the city by disturbing public order.

The arrests were overtly provoked.

Protesters decided they had outgrown their Dewey Square site. They chose to expand from their original staging ground to an adjacent part of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, which had recently undergone a $150,000 landscaping project.

When the police began to arrest protesters around 1:20 a.m., they did not do so unexpectedly. Police had requested that protesters return to the original Dewey Square site for several hours before moving in, and officers also issued leaflets warning protesters not to occupy the Greenway. In response to these requests, Occupy Boston on its website

called for more people to join the movement “as soon as possible.”

Organizers were inviting a clash with police by disobeying a clear order to move back to the original protest site.

When they invited more people to join them in disobeying the law, they knew exactly what was going to happen: Large numbers of people — 141 as of 7:00 p.m. last night, to be exact — were going to be arrested, the arrests were going to occur in front of cameras and the event was going to make headlines.

Law enforcement officials have already been gracious in allowing protesters to occupy Dewey Square for weeks and will continue to allow them to do so, according to Menino.

However, if the protesters continue to disobey clear warnings, they’ll be arrested, and they’ll have no one but themselves to blame.

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Thriving on cancer by

Nila Webster

“It can’t happen here.” The title of the Sinclair Lewis novel (1935) resonates for a reason: It is difficult to imagine “it” — whatever the crisis might be — happening in our own backyard, or in our own bodies.

When it does happen, there is one question that proves invaluable: What do we do with it? Do we let it fester and do we turn negative, or do we allow it to become a gateway that can lead to deeper understanding?

When I was diagnosed with cancer in July 2010, my first words were, “I find that difficult to believe.” Even more difficult to believe was the prognosis: Statistics gave me an 11 percent chance of surviving one year. I realized at that moment I had a choice. This was something brought home to me in [Alice and Nathan Gantcher University Professor and former Provost] Sol Gittleman’s legendary “Yid Lit” course, which I took (can this be true?) in 1982. I remember a discussion about Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung and the meaning of life, and I remember

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Mr. Gittleman saying, “Jung believed that acceptance of our problems can lead to greater wholeness.” That moment was a turning point, and that gestalt has helped me through many difficult moments, including the moment of my diagnosis.

Now, a year and several months after my diagnosis, I am by no means cancerfree, but I am healthier than ever. I am thriving on metastatic cancer. My business is busier than ever before and I am visiting more elementary schools to share my children’s picture books. And more than that: I am eating more wisely, exercising more energetically, meditating more deeply and living more fully than ever.

I have also become educated about cancer. This has taken the mystique out of the word. Abnormal mutations occur in our bodies all the time, and most of the time, our immune system shuts these mutations down. Fortifying our immune system is a way for all of us to stay healthy, whether we have a cancerous tumor or not. Believing that we are an active participant in our own lives, no matter what, empowers us.

We can make a difference in our health by eating anti-cancer foods, picturing ourselves healthy and doing what is meaningful to us.

Recommended reading? “Anticancer, A New Way of Life” (2008) by David ServanSchreiber, M.D., who was diagnosed with brain cancer and researched ways that we can create an anticancer terrain within our own bodies. “The Relaxation Response” (1975) by Dr. Herbert Benson, who made a scientific correlation between stress and health. And “Love, Medicine and Miracles” (1986) by Dr. Bernie Siegel, who considered himself a “Jungian” surgeon, and whose books forever changed the way we see cancer.

We want to get away from the “why me?” syndrome. “Why me?” is virtually a non-sequitur. Why not us? “It” can happen here. Cancer, like any other event in life, can come bearing gifts. Our challenge it to unearth those gifts.

Nila J. Webster graduated from Tufts in 1985, and she is now a licensed massage therapist and author of children’s picture books.

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In search of a two-state solution by

Ayal Pierce

Many people, including myself, were deeply disturbed by the Director’s Leadership Council’s (DLC) “Crash Course on the Palestinian Bid for Statehood,” presented by Professor Sa’ed Atshan. When a Tufts professor is called to present a university-sponsored academic lecture, one would hope that he would present a more balanced view of the situation rather than a highly partisan and contested assessment. Students anticipating a balanced perspective on the Palestinian Bid for Statehood were misled, only to find themselves sitting through a lecture promoting the idea of the one-state solution — a plan which would signify the disestablishment of the democratic State of Israel.

As part of the Tufts community, Tufts Friends of Israel calls upon the DLC to engage in educational discussions that present a broader perspective on the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As a “Crash Course,” for those who may not be otherwise educated in the nuances of this highly controversial global conflict, students deserve the opportunity to understand the wide range of approaches that exist and to forge their own opinions.

Contrary to popular belief, being pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian are not mutually exclusive. Both the Jewish and the Palestinian people have a right to their own homelands. These sentiments are shared by the majority of those on both sides, as shown by one poll conducted through the One Voice movement which found that 74 percent of Palestinians and 78 percent of Israelis support the vision of two states for two people.

Professor Atshan’s call for a onestate solution affronts the Jewish people’s universally recognized right to self-determination. Those familiar with the demographic realities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict understand that, with the influx of Palestinians, the Jewish population would quickly become the minority, thereby compromising the existence of a Jewish state and collective security in the already hostile region. This aspiration goes back decades, with President Nasser of Egypt bluntly stating in 1961 that, “If [Palestinian] refugees return to Israel, Israel will cease to exist.”

The implementation of the twostate solution, keeping in line with the internationally accepted vision of two states for two peoples, would continue honoring the rights of Israel’s Arab minority who wish to remain in Israel once an independent Palestinian state is created. After all, Israeli Arabs currently have full political rights as citizens and exercise those rights by voting, serving as Members of the Knesset (Israel’s Parliament) and representing the State of Israel as ambassadors abroad. Does Israel still struggle with discrimination against its minority populations, and should it be subject to criticism? Absolutely! However, like many Western democracies facing similar challenges today, Israel continues to confront this disparity through its thriving democratic process.

By contrast, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has stated repeatedly that ethnic equality is not the goal of a future Palestinian state.

Most recently, in December 2010, Abbas asserted, “We have frankly said, and always will say: If there is an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, we won’t agree to the presence of one Israeli in it.” This stance is continuously echoed by Maen Areikat, Palestine Liberation Organization Ambassador to the United States. When asked in an interview in Tablet Magazine (October, 2010) if any Jew inside the borders of Palestine would have to leave, Mr. Areikat responded, “Absolutely.”

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a 2,000-year-old dream of the Jewish people to return to their homeland, the land of Israel. The only way peace can be achieved is when both sides recognize each other’s right to dignified self-determination.

As Tufts students, we have a duty to act on the virtue of active citizenship.

Part of that mantra requires taking steps to ensure the existence of a balanced and fair academic environment on our campus. As with any political narrative, the story of the Middle East conflict has more than one side, and every narrative deserves its representation in an academic setting. Despite our serious disagreements with Professor Atshan’s message, Friends of Israel will passionately defend his freedom of expression on this campus. When an event is promoted as a “Crash Course” on such a contentious issue, however, it is unacceptable to provide such a one-dimensional perspective without exposing the campus to other relevant points of view.

As educators with the auspicious goal of creating awareness on global issues across campus, we hope that the DLC is committed to providing that balanced space — especially when the organization advertises its event as a comprehensive and objective “Crash Course.”

Friends of Israel calls on the Director’s Leadership Council to host a professor who can explore the benefits of the Two-State Solution and we encourage Tufts University to provide academic discussions which offer a fair and balanced view of the realities of this (and any other) conflict that touches so many hearts on our campus.

ufts recently announced a $32 million operating surplus, marking a more than 700 percent increase from the previous fiscal year. As a non-profit institution that costs well over $50,000 a year to attend and has suspended need-blind admissions, we should be troubled that there is ever a substantial surplus.

News like this muddles the distinction between the ends of our university and those of the controversial “for-profit” colleges.

Universities like Tufts engage in many practices that mirror the cost-efficiency focus of corporations, while simultaneously enjoying significant tax exemptions and flaunting a proclaimed moral purpose. As an institution, we need greater transparency and a better focus on student and employee needs, or we should relinquish our claims to a public mission and our property-tax-exempt status.

In an effort to cut costs, Tufts recently switched janitorial service providers, from American Building Maintenance to UGL Unicco. Though the contract required the new provider to extend job offers to all janitors who were working under the old contract, it seems unlikely that a provider being paid less by Tufts will be able to maintain equivalent workforce, wages and hours for a lower overall price.

The university has professed a commitment to ensuring quality treatment of these workers, and yet its actions illuminate the reality that budget, rather than principles, are driving administrative decisions.

Tufts’ reliance on adjunct professors and part-time faculty is further evidence of costcutting strategies at the expense of worker conditions and student education. Adjunct professors earn significantly less than tenure-track professors and, for those teaching less than three classes a year, receive no benefits. They are often forced to split time between multiple colleges, meaning less availability for students and overstretching commitments. The university has voiced intentions of hiring more full-time staff members, but certain departments, like the Department of Sociology, depend heavily on adjuncts. The justifiable anger articulated by English department lecturers last year at the inhibiting scale back of office space underscores a disregard for such indispensable elements of our success.

On the student side of the equation, the lack of a need-blind admissions policy demonstrates the financial lens through which we view prospective students. If we refuse to consider financial hardship as a factor favorable to admission, then it should never hurt applicants’ chances of admission either.

Reinstating need-blind admissions needs to be at the forefront of any sort of financial decision the university makes.

Tufts’ financial decisions have enabled the university to skirt much of the accountability and criticism that should be part of a public discourse, and the administration has openly shown its preference to keep these operations in the shadows. Earlier this year, state legislation was proposed that would require increased disclosures on matters like the value of investment and property, and information about faculty with salaries exceeding $250,000. Tufts opposed the bill, claiming the adequacy of the current practices and that such transparency would provoke harmful effects. We cannot continue our pretense of philanthropic motives and active citizenship if we have reason to conceal the decisions made in the financial realm.

It’s not irrational for the university to make choices that yield gains, but universities have a unique liberty to operate outside of these strict profit-driven analyses, and with it, the responsibility to make decisions that fall beyond of the realm of economics. The assessment of costs and benefits that help Fortune 500 companies thrive should not be the same as our university policies, and we need to be shown tangible evidence that our students and staff are truly our bottom line.

Ayal Pierce is a freshman who has not yet declared a major. He is the communications chair/press secretary of Tufts Friends of Israel.

Amanda Johnson is a senior majoring in international relations. She can be reached at Amanda.Johnson@tufts.edu.

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U.S., EU, and Russia), on the other hand, has repeatedly called for a resumption of negotiations based on the two-state solution. Last month, the Quartet released a statement reaffirming its “strong support for the vision of Israeli-Palestinian peace outlined

by United States President Barack Obama,” a de-militarized Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders with mutually agreed land swaps — a plan that can only be achieved through peaceful negotiations.

Among the narrow demographics that support the one-state resolution are academics along the periphery and supporters of the Hamas terrorist organization. Hamas, an Iranianarmed proxy movement, has relentlessly waged a violent extermination campaign against the State of Israel.

Their methods include indiscriminately firing thousands of rockets at Israeli towns and murdering Israeli men, women and children through suicide bombings, both blatant violations of international law.

Professor Atshan claims that Hamas is not a monolithic organization. Despite the nuanced divisions between the Gaza-based political leadership and Syria-based politburo, these factions are united by Hamas’ Charter, which explicitly states, “Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it [Islam] obliterated others before it.”

Can coexistence in one state plausibly exist, as Professor Atshan suggests, when elements of the Palestinian leadership call for the ethnic cleansing of Jews from the area?

Those seeking justice in the region should reject the one-state solution for what it is — the dismantling of the State of Israel and the destruction of

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was that miles two, three and four were much faster.”

Joining their teammates in the top 100 were senior Connor Rose and junior Kyle Marks, finishing in 61st and 74th, respectively, with times of 26:03 and 26:14.

“We have an incredible training group to work out right now, so it’s not just one guy having a good race; you have a lot of people having good races,” Wallis said.

“We have a lot of talent, and a lot of it has been young talent, so a lot of [our success has come from] getting experience under the talent. With everybody putting in a lot of hard work and working together, it all is coming together.”

A pileup in the first 200 meters of the race brought many athletes down, including senior co-captain Scott McArthur and graduate student Jerzy EisenbergGuyot (LA ’11), but the two recovered to complete solid races, with McArthur rounding out the scorers for Tufts in 105th place.

“We’ve always been a deep team, but that depth has kind of just shifted forward, so we had four in the top 100 this year, and I think we could have had five in the top 100 if Scott didn’t get tripped up,” Wallis said. “All these guys were here competing at the varsity level or NESCAC level last year, so it was just another year of training and another year of experience that moved the team forward, and it goes to show how strong the team is and how we could move on.”

Eisenberg-Guyot finished the 8K in

135th place among the 282 athletes in the varsity race, and junior Sam Haney rounded out Tufts’ varsity seven in 199th.

“Saturday was really successful for the team,” Wallis said. “We accomplished a few things that we wanted to: We placed better than we did last year, we averaged under 26 minutes, which is a big thing for us to do and we went out and proved to not just the region, but to the nation that we are a team that has a lot of potential and could be a threat come November.”

“Our fitness levels are better than they have ever been and [Saturday] was a great showing for the next five weeks,” Rand added. “We have a chance to win Regionals.

We have a tough region this year, but with our fitness levels where they are now, it wouldn’t be out of the question. We have very high expectations for the championship season.”

Despite the impressive showing on Saturday, the Jumbos have already put the race behind them, concentrating on getting even stronger for the NESCAC Championships and their most crucial meet, the NCAA New England Div. III Championship.

“Saturday was a good confidence booster, but we still have five weeks and a lot of work until Regionals,” Rand said.

Next Saturday, the squad will travel to Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford, Conn. for the Conn. College Invitational. A smaller squad will compete, with many of the top athletes resting for the NESCAC Championships on Oct. 29, which will feature the top 12 runners from each of the NESCAC schools.

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freshman goalkeeper Becca Napolitano to the upper-left corner to give the Jumbos a 3-0 lead midway through the second half.

Barely two minutes later, Perkins added to the assault, corralling a rebound and striking a shot in to give Tufts a 4-0 margin with just under 16 minutes left to play.

Conn. College, however, refused to go silently, and the Camels denied Tufts senior goalkeeper Marianna Zak the shutout. With three minutes remaining, a defensive miscommunication on the Jumbos’ end produced a 2-on-1 opportunity for the Camels in front of Tufts’ net. Senior Lauren Gaffny found the boards for the fourth time this year and tacked on the Camels’ only score of the weekend.

The Jumbos, however, refused to let Gaffny have the final word of the contest and answered just 42 seconds later with a fast-break goal from sophomore Chelsea Yogerst. Rookie forward Brittany Norfleet quickly carried the ball from the backfield and hit Yogerst, who was streaking ahead.

Napolitano left the cage, electing to play the 1-on-1 aggressively, but Yogerst won the collision and found the empty net for the Jumbos’ fifth and final goal. Tufts’ wide range of scorers illustrated its unique offensive depth, and the squad now boasts the most players on the NESCAC point leaderboard with five Jumbos making the top 20.

“It feels great to finally be clicking and playing at a level of hockey that we know we are capable of,” Dyer said. “We ended up with a 5-1 win, but the game also reminded us that we still have a lot to work on. We always look to get a shutout, so we have to make sure that our defense doesn’t falter, no matter how much of a lead we have. We also need to work on coming out stronger and getting some goals earlier in the game. It was great to have such a strong second half, but it shouldn’t have taken us 35 minutes to get the ball in the net. So while we’re proud of the win and how we played, we are also using the game to prepare for upcoming games against other

NESCAC teams.”

While the game marked the Jumbos’ third straight victory, Dyer explained that Tufts cannot afford another conference loss because of the post-season uncertainty it would cause.

Because Div. III has added two new automatic-bid conferences this season, it seems unlikely the NCAA will award the NESCAC four at-large bids as it has in past seasons.

Currently, the Jumbos sit fifth in the league, and a NESCAC tournament matchup with No. 15 Trinity is likely. If the Jumbos fail to top Hamilton and No. 3 Bowdoin in the last two weeks of regular season play, a conference crown may be the only way to guarantee an NCAA berth. In their four NESCAC finals since 2007, the Jumbos have won just once.

First, the Jumbos must focus on Williams and Bates, who they face in an upcoming doubleheader weekend. At 4-5 overall and 1-4 in the NESCAC, the Ephs don’t look threatening on paper, but as a conference rival, they should never be discounted. On Saturday, Tufts will look to avoid another dormant first half in order to impress a Homecoming crowd and collect another conference victory.

Sunday morning, the Jumbos will travel to Bates to take on the Bobcats, who, at 1-5 in the NESCAC and 2-7 overall, are arguably even less of a threat. In nine games this season, Bates has allowed 29 goals but scored just 10 times. While few expect an upset, Tufts’ margin of victory over Bates will be compared to the performances of the NESCAC’s other top-tier teams against the Bobcats. Both No. 8 Amherst and Wesleyan won 7-1 while Trinity and Bowdoin took down Bates 6-1 and 5-0, respectively. Sunday’s match offers a valuable opportunity for the Jumbos to make a statement to the rest of the conference.

“If we’ve learned one thing this season it’s that no team, especially in the NESCAC, should be underestimated,” Perkins said.

“Williams and Bates are no exception … It’s all about who shows up to play on a given day. I think going into this weekend we need to keep that in mind and focus on playing our game, regardless of the opponent.”

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Jumbos bully Beavers in final fall match by

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Tufts cruised to an 8-1 victory against host Babson College on Friday, its last full-squad match of the fall. The Beavers’ one singles victory was the only match the Jumbos conceded in three dual contests this season.

The Jumbos were dominant across the board, winning two singles matches at love and losing no more than three games in a set of singles play, with the exception of the No. 1 singles match. They also won all three doubles matches by scores of 8-1, 8-2 and 8-4. Top singles player, junior Andrew Lutz, suffered the only loss, 6-1, 6-1 against freshman Connor DeFiore — the best of a trio of first-years in Babson’s top three singles spots.

Though the Jumbos cruised to their victories — as they have throughout the fall — they made sure to remain focused.

“You never want to go into a match taking the other team lightly,” senior tri-captain Morrie Bossen said. “We had beaten them by wide margins in the past and we knew that going in, but still we don’t want to end up losing to a team we know we can beat. So we took them seriously, as they deserve to be taken.”

It was also a good opportunity to work on individual skills.

“We all have individual things that we’re working on,” Bossen said. “I think everyone was able to go in with a gameplan of how they wanted to affect the match, based on what they wanted to improve and based on their playing style.”

There were also some team concepts in mind, such as playing aggressively at net in doubles, which is something coach Jamie Kenney has stressed in her first year on the job.

There has been plenty of time to refine skills at this fall’s matches, since the Jumbos’ competition has been sub-par; they defeated Roger Williams and Salve Regina on Sept. 18, each in 9-0, shutout fashion. Next year, they will play a more challenging fall schedule.

“It’s always a nice confidence booster when you destroy a team,” senior tri-

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Senior Sam Laber will work with fellow tri-captains Kai Victoria and Morrie Bossen to organize captains’ practices before the spring season.

captain Kai Victoria said. “But in general, that’s not indicative of the level of competition we’re going to see.”

For now, however, there is no use in complaining.

“The schedule had been set, and we’ve been doing it for three years, and we’ve had the same results against these opponents for years,” Bossen said. “Going forward we’re going to try to get in more tournaments as opposed to dual matches, but I don’t think there’s a sense of frustration on this team at all.”

A few players will get to compete one more time this fall at the Harvard Halloween Tournament, which last year included players from Harvard, Dartmouth, Brown, Amherst and MIT. Bossen, Lutz, sophomores Austin Blau and Pat Monaghan and juniors Ben Barad and Mark Westerfield represented Tufts in 2010, and Lutz and Barad reached the doubles final. Bossen is hopeful that the squad can send as many as four singles and two doubles teams this year.

“It’s one of my favorite tournaments of the year,” Bossen said. “It’s an individual competition, but we’ve done it the past few years and last year we did relatively well in doubles. It’s just a chance for us to see how we can compete with some strong competition. It will be nice at the end of the fall to play some very strong players.”

After this Sunday, the Jumbos will stop holding official team practices and, in accordance with NCAA Div. III rules, won’t practice with their coaches again until February. Bossen and fellow tri-captains Victoria and Sam Laber will organize captains’ practices about twice a week, and the players will also hit and work out on their own.

The offseason should give the Jumbos time to return to full strength after some minor injuries, though Monaghan’s is the only serious one. He hurt his back, but he hopes physical therapy will help him return at the start of the spring season.

“Pat’s injury is worrisome, but he has the rest of the fall, winter break and the beginning of spring to get better,” Victoria said.

“So we’re hopeful that he’ll be ready.”

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said. “I think that I have lot of room to grow and I have high expectations for myself and the team in future races this season.”

One of the larger and more hectic races of the season, the meet provides a lot of energy in what is seen as a major tune-up for the championship races. With most of the Div. III teams in New England competing, it is a great opportunity for the teams to see where they stand at the midpoint of the season.

The Jumbos finished just eighth out of the Div. III teams, so the runners know that they need to improve.

“I think it is really going to come down to the team that wants it the most,” Creath said. “We’ve put in so much work. I think that we can get it and we have our hearts set on making it to nationals. We have to leave it all out there in the race and focus on picking off the runners that we need to beat.”

Though Jessup has just started working out with the team again, she is aware of where the team can go with the talent and motivation they have as a group.

“Our season started off really strong and we are really excited about that,” Jessup said. “I think this weekend put the season in perspective for us a little bit. We realize we can be a great team when we run as well as we can, but it is going to take a lot of huge individual efforts to reach our goals.”

With three weeks until the NESCAC Championships, there is a lot of time for the time to regroup from a tough weekend at Franklin Park. Next weekend, the Jumbos will compete at the Conn. College Invitational.

Ethan Sturm | Rules of the Game

Leyland for MVP

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n baseball, the manager often acts as little more than a series of press conference sound bites during the regular season, and his decisions are rarely scrutinized. Starting pitchers are expected to go deep into games, pinch hitters are rare, and offensive signals are usually textbook. But when a 162-game season comes down to just a few contests, the skipper gets the spotlight.

Let’s take the Tigers’ ALDS victory over the Yankees last week as an example. The Yankees had the highest salary in the league and outscored the Tigers by 11 runs, but they came up short. Why? Because Jim Leyland thoroughly out-managed Joe Girardi. Let’s look just at one game — Game 5 — and the decisions made.

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Pre-Game: Lineups are in, and Leyland is again tinkering while Girardi’s card is as stiff as a teenage boy looking at his first Playboy. Don Kelly, who had only started one of the first four games for Detroit, is in the two-slot. Meanwhile, Jorge Posada — the Yankees’ hottest bat on his way to a 6-for-14 series — remains buried at seventh behind a trio of Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixiera and Nick Swisher that would finish the series with a combined 5-for-54.

No one was more egregious than A-Rod at Cleanup. Rodriguez had been a parasite to the Yankees all season — New York won nearly five percent more without Rodriguez in the lineup this year.

Top of the 1st: Kelly wastes no time making an impact, pulling an Ivan Nova breaking ball over the fence in right. Delmon Young follows it up with another home run, and the Tigers are in control early.

Advantage: Leyland.

Bottom of the 4th: The Yankees are rallying, and with two on and one out, Posada singles up the middle. But Rodriguez is held up at third, and two batters later the Yankees don’t score. A lack of aggressiveness from the coaching staff cost the team a run.

Top of the 5th: With Nova out early with a stiff arm, Girardi is lucky to have a well-rested bullpen. After Phil Hughes and Boone Logan get the team through the fourth, Girardi could turn to Rafael Soriano and David Robertson for two innings each and Mariano Rivera for one. Instead, he turns in desperation to C.C. Sabathia, who should have been reserved for emergency work in extra innings. Sabathia doesn’t have his best stuff, and on a two-out single from Victor Martinez, the Tigers aggressively send home Austin Jackson from second to make it a 3-0 game.

Bottom of the 7th: With a runner on, Leyland goes to his best reliever, Joaquin Benoit. Benoit loads the bases with just one out and Rodriguez coming to the plate. Rodriguez was playing an inept division series, and the Yankees had plenty of talent on the bench. Rookie Jesus Montero had already gone 2-for-2 in a pinch hit outing. But Girardi stuck with his overpaid star, and Rodriguez flailed at a 2-2 fastball, striking out as the Yankees only managed one run.

Bottom of the 8th: Two out, Derek Jeter at the plate, and Brett Gardner on first. Jeter is hardly a home run threat anymore with only six on the season. Gardner had to steal second before Jeter swung. Even if he was thrown out, the Yankees would have the top of their lineup in the ninth. Gardner took off on the first pitch, but Jeter lifted it deep to right for an out. It would be the last time the Yankees threatened.

Even if the Tigers fall in the ALCS to the Rangers, Leyland’s performance in the ALDS may have made him the most valuable person in the postseason. And if anyone can get his team out of the 2-1 hole they currently face, it’s Leyland.

Ethan Sturm is a junior majoring in biopsychology. He can be reached at Ethan.

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Second-half explosion lifts No. 13 Tufts over Conn. College Five Jumbos score in biggest conference win yet by

Claire Kemp

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In Saturday’s home game against Conn. College, nothing but the weather looked good for the No. 13 FIELD HOCKEY (4-2 NESCAC, 8-2 Overall) Bello Field, Saturday Conn. College Tufts

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Despite 10 shots and six penalty corner opportunities in the first period, the Jumbos remained tied 0-0 with the visiting Camels, who sit with Colby at the bottom of the NESCAC standings. In the second half, however, five different women stepped up to change the game and Tufts emerged with its most decisive NESCAC win of the season, a resounding 5-1 victory.

At the opening whistle, the match didn’t reflect pregame projections; Tufts hardly looked like the Div. III powerhouse it is, and the Jumbos failed to take advantage of their weaker conference foe. The Camels, on the other hand, brought pressure early, and although Tufts’ defense prevented any scores, the Jumbos’ attack unit looked far from threatening at the other end of the field.

“We were playing pretty good hockey in the first half, but we were just really lacking the intensity and urgency that we needed to capitalize and get some goals in,” senior defenseman Taylor Dyer said. “It’s not easy to be able to make that adjustment and get fired up midgame, but I think we did a great job

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Junior midfielder Rachel Gerhardt notched her second goal of the season off a penalty corner early in the second half. realizing what we needed to do in order to score and then going out on the field and doing it.”

As the second half began, Tufts was fired up to prove itself as a perennial NESCAC power, and took advantage of a far too complacent Conn. College team to do so.

Just 2:32 past the break, senior co-captain Lindsay Griffith opened

Men’s cross country

Rand tops Div. III field at AllNew Englands this weekend

Team finishes eighth, its top showing in six years by

Lauren Flament

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A stellar performance Saturday showed that the men’s cross country team is a force to be reckoned with this fall — one in contention for both team and individual titles in the region come November.

Junior Matt Rand led the way for Tufts at the All-New England Championships at Boston’s Franklin Park, crossing the line in sixth place among New England’s top Div. I, II and III runners. Rand was first among all Div. III entrants.

Rand’s time of 24:55 on the 8,000meter course, a new personal-best, was just enough to edge out Middlebury senior Michael Schmidt, who crossed the line in 24.56.

Last fall, Schmidt asserted himself as the best Div. III runner in the region when he won the individual title at the New England Regional Championships.

“It was one of my better cross country races in my career,” Rand said. “Going in, I was hoping to finish top 20, so sixth was definitely a surprise. I was able to really push the middle miles and get past a lot of guys on the hill, and I just latched onto Michael Schmidt … I knew he consistently runs well every race, so if I could stay with him, I’d be doing well.”

Not far behind Rand, with an impressive race of his own, was sophomore Ben Wallis, earning 31st overall in a time of 25:34. Wallis was fourth among Div. III athletes.

“Historically at this meet the first mile goes out really fast, so the plan for every-

forward Kelsey Perkins said. “Going into the second half, our collective goal was to score in the first few minutes, and once we did, the flood gates opened.”

For the remainder of the second period, the Jumbos played relentlessly, peppering the Camels, who put up little fight, with shots.

Ten minutes after Gerhardt’s goal,

the scoring with her fourth goal in three days. Just five minutes later, fellow co-captain Dyer sent a textbook corner in to junior Rachel Gerhardt at the top-left of the circle.

Gerhardt then guided Dyer’s helper into the back right corner of the cage, doubling the Jumbos’ lead.

“We knew that once we got the first goal more would come,” junior

body was to go out with a relatively conservative first mile and focus more on closing the differential between the first and second miles and keep that momentum going through the third and fourth,” said Wallis, who made a huge jump from his 108th-place finish in 2010. “So I just tried to work the third and fourth miles a bit more than usual and it worked out.”

Rand and Wallis led the squad to an eighth-place finish among 43 teams with 274 points — and a third-place finish among the Div. III schools, behind Middlebury (fourth overall with 221 points) and MIT (sixth overall with 244).

UConn won the overall team title with 149 points.

The eighth-place finish, a nine-spot improvement from last fall, is the highest Tufts has earned since a sixth-place finish — and first among Div. III schools — in the 2005 season, in which the squad went on to win the Div. III New England Regional title and place fifth at NCAAs. Rand matched the best individual finish for a Jumbo in the past five years; Jesse Faller (E ’11) also placed sixth overall and first among Div. III athletes in 2008.

Rand’s sixth-place finish was a huge jump from 54th in 2010 and 103rd in 2009, showing the vast improvements he has made each year.

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junior Kayla Murphy made a cut towards a crossing pass when she was taken down in front of the net.

Tufts was awarded yet another penalty stroke, and in a familiar scene, Dyer stepped up again.

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Women’s Cross Country

Battling heat, Jumbos earn 22nd place at New Englands by

Connor Rose

Senior Staff Writer

The women’s cross country team traveled back to Franklin Park for the All-New England Championships just two weeks after competing there in the Codfish Bowl.

Up against teams from all divisions, the women’s cross country squad placed 22nd out of 39 on Saturday, a very warm day that slowed down the competitors’ times.

Boston College took the team title in the varsity race, finishing with 38 points and placing four runners in the top 10. Boston University was a distant second with 73 points. Williams College was the top Div. III team in the race, finishing fourth with 165 points. Middlebury College finished sixth with 216 points.

Among the other Div. III New England rivals who finished ahead of the Jumbos were MIT in eighth, Amherst in 10th, Colby in 14th and Keene State in 20th. Tufts was 22nd with 596 points.

Katie Matthews of Boston University was the top individual finisher, finishing the 5k course in 17:18, 15 seconds ahead of second-place Morgan Powers of Vermont.

Keri Lambert of Amherst was the top Div. III finisher, finishing seventh overall in 17:59.

Leading the way for the Jumbos was junior tri-captain Lilly Fisher, finishing 68th overall in 19:07. The sophomore trio of Lauren Creath, Abby Barker and Madeleine Carey were the next finishers for the squad.

Creath was 114th in 19:47, Barker finished 129th in 19:59, and Carey was right behind in 136th in 20:03.

Rounding out the scorers was junior Melanie Monroe in 20:13, good for 150th place. The final two runners in the var-

sity race were sophomore Laura Peterson and junior Julia Hajnoczky. Peterson placed 158th with a time of 20:20 while Hajnoczky was 199th in 21:00.

The hot sun and dry air replaced the heavy air and humidity of two weeks ago, making for a tough racing environment.

Though the times were in general a bit slower than in past years, there were still some great performances by many athletes in both the varsity and sub-varsity race.

Racing without senior tri-captain Anya Price, the Jumbos were forced to put their depth on display. In a race with so many athletes, the differential in points between the top runners and the fifth scorer can often be substantial, putting Tufts’ depth in the forefront.

“Our depth really showed this weekend,” Creath said. “There are a bunch of girls that are really pushing the top runners every day. It can only help our team to have more girls running at a high level.”

One athlete who showed that she can support the top finishers was junior Lydia Jessup, who led the sub-varsity squad by finishing 66th in 20:14. The other sub-varsity finishers for Tufts were senior Lauren Flament — who is also a sports editor for the Daily — and junior Evelyn Orlando; they came in back-toback in 90th and 91st.

In her first race this season after recovering from a foot injury, Jessup ran an impressive race, finishing just behind Monroe who ran in the varsity event.

“It is tough being behind in terms of fitness and workouts, but I definitely felt stronger than I thought I would,” Jessup see WOMEN’S XC, page 15